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Anita Endrezze has deep memories. Her father was a Yaqui Indian. Her mother traced her heritage to Slovenia, Germany, Romania, and Italy. And her stories seem to bubble up from this ancestral cauldron. Butterfly Moon is a collection of short stories based on folk tales from around the world. But its stories are set in the contemporary, everyday world. Or are they?
Endrezze tells these stories in a distinctive and poetic voice. Fantasy often intrudes into reality. Alternate ârealitiesâ and shifting perspectives lead us to question our own perceptions. Endrezze is especially interested in how humans hide feelings or repress thoughts by developing shadow selves. In âRavenâs Moon,â she introduces the shadow concept with a Black Moon, the âunseen reflection of the known.â (Of course the story is about a witch couple who seem very much in love.) The title character in âThe Wife Who Lived on Windâ is an ogress who lives in a world somewhat similar to our own, but only somewhat. âThe Vampire and the Moth Womanâ reveals shape-shifters living among us.Â
Not surprisingly, Trickster appears in these tales. As in Native American stories, Trickster might be a fox or a coyote or a raven or a humanâor something in between. âWhite Butterfliesâ and âWhere the Bones Areâ both deal with devastating diseases that swept through Yaqui country in the 1530s. Underneath their surfaces are old Yaqui folktales that feature the greatest Trickster of all: Death (and his little brother Fate).
Enjoyably disturbing, these stories lingerâdeep in our memory.
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